Sooretamys

Sooretamys
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Sooretamys Weksler et al. 2006
Species:	S. angouya
Binomial name
Sooretamys angouya (Fischer, 1814)
Synonyms
Oryzomys angouya (Fischer, 1814) Oryzomys angouya (Desmarest, 1819) Oryzomys buccinatus (Olfers, 1818) Oryzomys ratticeps (Hensel, 1872) [Sooretamys] angouya: Weksler et al., 2006

Sooretamys angouya, also known as the rat-headed rice rat,^[2] and Paraguayan rice rat,^[2] is a rodent species from South America.^[3] It is found in northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil and Paraguay in forested areas within the Atlantic Forest and cerrado.^[1] Since 2006, it has been classified as the only species in the genus Sooretamys; previously, it was included in the genus Oryzomys. Its taxonomic history has been complex, with the names Oryzomys angouya, Oryzomys buccinatus, and Oryzomys ratticeps in use for various parts of the species at different times.^[3] Some variation in its karyotype has been reported, with 2n = 80 to 82 and FN = 88 to 90.^[3]

References

1. Percequillo et al., 2008
2. Duff and Lawson, 2004
3. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven: A & C Black. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X.
• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1145. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
• Percequillo, C.; Weksler, M.; Pardinas, U.; D'Elia, G.; Teta, P.; Patterson, B. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sooretamys angouya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T135161A115204513. Retrieved 23 December 2019.